NextDocs Expands Partner Ecosystem to Enhance its Regulated Content Management and Compliance Offerings

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., March 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- NextDocs, a leading provider of regulated content management and compliance solutions for the life sciences industry, today announced the expansion of its partner programs and ecosystem.  The company's partner program is designed to promote broader adoption of clinical and compliance technology solutions in the life sciences industry – and to ensure quality, confidence and best-practices in the adoption of those solutions.

"NextDocs is committed to building its partner ecosystem as both a strategic source of growth for the company – and to ensure greater value to our life sciences customers," said Zikria Syed, chief executive officer of NextDocs.

The company said it officially launched an expanded partner program which features relationships with leading solution and service providers including Court Square Group, ePistaIT, Focus Consulting, Paragon and Valiance.  NextDocs' partners help life sciences companies with:

• Integration - Integration of electronic Trial Mater File (eTMF) and Clinical Trial Management Systems
• Migration - Migration from manual or hybrid Trail Master File (TMF) management to eTMF
• Design - Design and configuration of custom compliance and content management systems
• Hosting - Hosting and IT support for technology solutions

"The partners we have chosen to include in our network bring valuable experience and services to our customers – services that very much complement NextDocs solutions," said Ephraim Peak, vice president of alliances at NextDocs.  "And as an industry-leader in regulated content management and compliance solutions, we consider it an important responsibility to build and enhance this community."   

With more than 100 life sciences companies relying on NextDocs solutions, including 5 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies and two of the largest Clinical Research Organizations (CROs), the NextDocs platform is considered to be the emerging industry standard.  The company's investment in its partner ecosystem includes:  

• NextDocs Partner Certification Program – A newly created certification program that ensures partners are capable and proficient in the delivery of best-in-class implementations, configurations and project management of regulated content management and compliance solutions, as well as with document migration, validation and integration with CTMS, LMS and other systems.
  
  
• NextDocs Partner Training Program – A newly created training and development program for partners to ensure that the consultants at those firms are highly knowledgeable about NextDocs solutions and their full capabilities, as well as the details of integrating the solutions to other leading systems including CTMS and document management systems. 
  
  
• Executive Leadership of Partner Program – Investing in a new leadership position for the partner program.  NextDocs announced the appointment of Ephraim Peak as vice president of global alliances.  Peak brings more than 15 years' experience in partner and alliance program development to NextDocs.  He most recently served as director of global strategic alliances at Accelrys, a leading provider of scientific innovation management software for the life sciences industry.  At Accelrys, Peak led the channel development program with leading systems integrators including Accenture, IBM, Microsoft and Oracle, as well as OEM system manufacturers including Hewlett-Packard and Intel.

Peak said the NextDocs partner program follows the best practices of other leading programs such as the Microsoft Partner Program.  The Microsoft Partner Program is designed for partners who develop and market solutions based on Microsoft platforms or provide consulting or technical services on Microsoft systems. 

NextDocs has been recognized as Microsoft's Life Sciences Partner of the Year for 2013 – and for four years running.  The award recognizes NextDocs' excellence and achievement in delivering innovative solutions for the life sciences industry which are built to work with Microsoft technology.  Several companies participate in both the Microsoft and NextDocs partner ecosystems including Court Square Group, Paragon Solutions and Valiance.

For more information on NextDocs solutions on the NextDocs Partner Ecosystem, visit www.nextdocs.com.

Contact:
Dan Cahill
Phone: 1-917-617-0106
E-mail: [email protected]

SOURCE NextDocs